The best outdoor pizza ovens for restaurant-quality dining

Ooni is a big hit with pizza lovers and kickstarted the trend of making pizzas in your garden. The Ooni Fyra is the successor to the Ooni 3, which Ooni claims was the world's first portable outdoor pizza oven. The Frya is high quality and affordable, with foldable legs and a chimney that can be twisted off so you can store it inside the oven itself if you want to pack it away or take it on the go, as the whole set-up weighs in at a manageable 10 kilograms.

The Ooni Frya is capable of making classic 12-inch pizzas with that delicious wood-fired flavour. Once warmed up, the Fyra promises to cook those authentic wood-fired pizzas in just 60 seconds, so pizza parties will be a regular in your house.

This pizza oven really does make the cooking process easy, so it's guaranteed to be used all summer long, and maybe even all year round. One reviewer swears by their Ooni pizza oven so much, they say they will never get pizza from a restaurant again. Reviewers do say this takes around 10 to 15 minutes to heat up, but then the pizzas are cooked super-fast.

With folding legs and a handy carry case, the Gozney Roccbox is built for adventure. This outdoor oven can reach up to 500 degrees and makes outdoor cooking fast and easy, with pizzas cooked in a minute. The Roccbox SafeTouch silicone jacket reduces the risk of skin burns, something reviewers with young families find reassuring, and it comes with a professional-grade pizza peel. You can enjoy the authentic taste and experience of wood-fired cooking, and detachable burners make it easy to switch between wood and gas, something reviewers that like to mix things up really appreciate.

This oven features a 19mm thick stone floor for great heat retention and this means your pizzas are cooked from the bottom up. Happy customers say this makes for lovely crispy pizza bases whether you're cooking with gas or wood. Heat retention is also helped by thick layers of insulation between the inner and outer shells while a baffle plate - a design Gozney patented - ensures your pizza never gets too close to any flames.

The Gozney Roccbox is designed for home cooks, but has managed to impress professional chefs. One reviewer takes this portable pizza oven to outdoor events and successfully cooks up to 200 pizzas a time. Another reviewer, a pizza chef by trade, says that he highly recommends the Roccbox and considers the pizza cooked in it as perfect.

One reviewer states that a DeliVita oven is not just an oven, it's an experience. This lovely outdoor oven is perfect for pizza lovers looking for a stylish appliance. The DeliVita pizza oven comes in various colours and can make 12-inch pizzas. This takes around 25 minutes to get to the required temperature, but then hand-stretched pizzas can be cooked in 90 seconds.

On a practical note, this oven is waterproof and comes with a cover, so you can leave it outside if you choose. There are also insulated heat-proof handles and an insulated oven base, so you have freedom to position this wherever suits your outdoor pizza cooking needs - as long as the surface can take the weight.

As with similar ovens, do bear in mind you can make other dishes in this outdoor oven, such as proteins, flatbreads, or any other food that you would like to have a smoky aroma. Our reviewer, Emily Gilbert, the Features & Reviews Editor for Mother&Baby and Yours, states that this pizza oven is spacious enough for a roasting tray, so you could cook a leg of lamb, or a whole chicken. The downside to this capacity is that this appliance is on the heavier side, but if you have space and want to make restaurant-level pizzas, you will love this oven.

Read our full DeliVita Pizza Oven review here.

Cooking outdoors with gas has never been so simple with the Ooni Koda. Featuring instant gas ignition, it is ready to cook in 15 minutes and can reach temperatures up to 500 degrees. The letterbox-style opening is ideal for sliding pizzas in and out easily, and the oven can also roast meat, fish, and vegetables.

To get started with the Koda, you simply need to flip open the foldable legs, insert the stone baking board, and connect it to a gas tank. By all accounts, reviewers love this option and say believe the hype about how easy this pizza oven is to use. Reviewers recommend keeping your pizza bases as thin as possible so the toppings cook evenly, advise turning your pizza often during the brief cooking time, and some report their best successes with a sourdough pizza base.

The main complaint about the Ooni Koda is the fact that the outside body of this oven does get very hot, with one experienced user advising others to ensure that their kids keep their distance. If you can live with that caveat, and prefer gas to smoky wood pellets, this could be your perfect outdoor pizza cooking option.

You could get your hands on what Gozney describes as the world's most in-demand outdoor oven which reviewers rate as 10/10 and state it's the best appliance they ever bought for outdoor cooking. Our in-house reviewer, Modern Gardens' product writer Natalie Knowles, praises the Dome for its astonishing heat retention, the ability to create incredible food, and describes the oven as easy-to-use, practical, and aesthetical.

This award-winning oven has been engineered to work effortlessly for beginners, with reviewers praising how easy it is to set up. You can cook pizzas on the live fire, roast, smoke, bake, steam, and even cold smoke. Plus, it comes with many useful accessories, an integrated gas burner, and a regulator. This is a top-tier piece of kit with professional-level credentials.

The ease-of-use praise comes in from those using gas to heat the oven. By all accounts using this as a wood-fired oven can be a bit more of a challenge, so it may take a few practice runs before you invite friends or family around for a wood-fired pizza cooking party.

Read our full Gozney Dome Pizza Oven review here.

You can experience super-fast heating with the gas-powered Witt Etna Fermo Pizza Oven, with the ability to reach temperatures of up to 500 degrees in less than 18 minutes. With a large 40.5cm capacity, you can effortlessly cook 16-inch, family-sized pizzas, and achieve pizza perfection in as little as 60 seconds. This is thanks to the U-shaped burner which guarantees uniform heat distribution, ensuring consistently crispy results. That more generous capacity is popular with larger families and those who regularly cook for a crowd.

For added convenience, the oven is portable, featuring foldable aluminium legs with rubber bases for easy set-up and secure positioning, although our in-house reviewer Stephanie Spencer, the Deputy Digital Editor of Yours, does say this is a hefty bit of kit. Reviewers comment this kind of heavyweight quality makes this oven feel like it's built to last.

An integrated thermometer is one thing reviewers feel this pizza oven is missing. Some also highlight that, although this is a high-end piece of outdoor cooking kit, accessories such as a pizza peel and a weatherproof cover, are all sold separately.

Read our full Witt Etna Fermo Pizza Oven review here.

You can achieve crispy, evenly baked pizzas with delightful crusts thanks to the Witt ETNA Rotante Pizza Oven's unique selling point - a 360-degree rotating pizza stone that means you can look forward to a crispy base and an even bake, something reviewers rave happily about. There's also an extra booster burner that users report helps towards a perfect leopard-spotted finish.

Crafted from high-quality aluminium and steel, this outdoor oven has a decent capacity which offers ample cooking space for family-sized pizzas up to 16 inches. Our in-house reviewer, Adam Binnie, the Affiliate Operations Editor for Modern Gardens, appreciated that larger capacity, stating that even if you aren't looking to create 16-inch pizzas, the extra space makes removing pizzas from the oven much less stressful.

This gas-powered oven is another option that preheats quickly - you can get to 500 degrees in under 15 minutes and the U-shaped main burner helps with that consistent cook we're all looking for.

Read our full Witt Etna Rotante Pizza Oven review here.

If you don't have the space, or the budget, for a standalone outdoor pizza oven, a wallet-friendly option to consider is a pizza oven which sits directly on top of your BBQ. This compact pizza oven from La Hacienda does just that and is suitable for use with gas or charcoal barbecues. It should be noted though, that reviewers suggest it's a lot easier to regulate the temperature and get more consistent results when this is used on gas-powered BBQs.

Made from stainless steel with a traditional pizza stone to retain the heat, this portable pizza oven quickly heats up, ready to cook your pizza in minutes so you can dish up authentic stone-cooked pizzas alongside your more standard BBQ fare of burgers and sausages. As this is quite a compact choice, reviewers suggest investing in a proper, metallic pizza peel to make the cooking process, both turning and removing, a bit easier.

Love to show off your outdoor cooking skills to friends and family? Then this valuable piece of kit is a reliable all-rounder that will permanently stay on your patio, deck, or in your outdoor kitchen and allow you to cook in many different ways. The Kukoo Pizza Oven is a versatile, outdoor cooking station that easily transitions between the role of a smoker, a pizza oven, a sear plate, and a low, sealed grill with a flip-down oven door.

Reviewers comment on how easy it is to light and to control the temperature. This multi-tasking solution is great for baking bread, and barbecuing meat, fish, and veg - an affordable, standalone option that can help you achieve many types of outdoor cookery. This comes complete with not just a pizza stone, but also a pizza peel, and a pizza cutter so you get all the kit you need to start slinging some pies.

The Big Green Egg BBQ range is a take on the classic Japanese "Kamado-style" grills and comprises of versatile ceramic grills that are guaranteed to be well-built. These distinctive green grills have an almost cult-level status among their dedicated users with so-called "Egg Heads" to be found happily grilling all around the globe.

This extra-large model can sear, roast, grill, or smoke your food with many "eggcessories" available to further expand your cooking range. The charcoal grill uses less fuel than a traditional BBQ, it's super-efficient as it holds heat and moisture and simplifies temperature control. Not only that, the charcoal delivers a unique smoke-infused flavour that you just can't beat. One grill, so many opportunities much appreciated by many happy customers.

This Extra Large Big Green Egg bundle includes two handy acacia wood shelves for food preparation and a nest with transporter wheels. It comes with all the accessories you need to master the perfect crisp-bottomed pizza, so you will never need to leave your home for restaurant-style pizzas.